Martin Luther King Jr. Day

It means a dream, a day of dreams for a year.

A year of dreaming.

“I had a dream …”

Did they kill the dream?

Did they kill the dreamer, our dreams?

It means a day, a year, a lifetime of dreaming of

Passion, of freedom, of equity, a dream of a great nation.

It means a march of 250,000 Americans in Washington, D.C.,

In 1963. It means a march of a million (More or less … who really cares?)

Americans, yes, Americans

In Washington, D.C., in 1995.

“I have seen the mountain top …”

Did they kill the vision?

Did they kill the visionary, our vision?

It means a vision for our children,

“… Judged not by

The color of their skin but by the Content of their Character,” a vision of peace in a Great nation.

What does Martin Luther King Jr. Day mean to me?

It means a future.

It means a future of shared opportunity, a future of

Shared hope, and a future of shared faith.

It means a future for us all, a future

For a great nation.